DK calls on govt to reduce dependence on Russian energy
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is calling on the government to start efforts to reduce Hungary’s dependence on Russian energy.
It has become clear over the past few weeks that there are various forms of becoming independent from Russian energy, deputy group leader Gergely Arató told an online press conference on Wednesday.
Viktor Orbán’s government is the only one within the European Union that “is unable, or rather unwilling” to become independent from Russian energy,
he added.
DK’s group will submit a draft resolution to “call the government to account” about what it has done so far and what it is planning to do to become independent from Russian energy, he said.
DK will ask the cabinet to start consultations with EU member countries about joint gas acquisition and to establish the contact points that enable Hungary to become better integrated into the EU gas and electricity market, he added.
DK proposes that the cabinet should expand the use of renewable energy and launch a home renovation scheme that does not require self-financing,
Arató said.
He also said that DK would not support the introduction of energy sanctions as long as Russian energy cannot be replaced.
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Source: MTI
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Again. This is ANCIENT news. Why is everyone pretending this is new or somehow recent? Our politicians have been hitching their wagon to Russia for YEARS. More than half a decade.
https://www.politico.eu/article/hungarys-russian-built-nuclear-plant-powered-by-politics-in-brussels/
NOVEMBER 2017: “The eventual compromise between Brussels and Budapest” … (regarding Hungary awarding the contract to build the €12 billion Paks II nuclear project to the Kremlin-owned Rosatom without the legally required tender) … “came despite serious concerns among other EU members and environmentalists about the need for a new nuclear station when cheaper renewables and electricity links were already available. Some of them objected to increasing dependence on Russian nuclear energy at the same time the bloc is trying to reduce Central and Eastern Europe’s reliance on Russian gas. They also pointed out that the EU had adopted a number of sanctions targeting Russia.”
Suppliers, of any goods including oil/gas, should only be changed if it is no longer reliable.
@mariavontheresa – welcome to the real world and modern supply chain: if a supplier in your definition becomes “unreliable”, then a whole host of other users will also be lining up for alternate sources of supply. Which will drive up cost. This has been causing shortages and driving up prices, of late (in case you missed it). So – ideally, there’s a Plan B? Or stick to wishful thinking and EU aid (very addictive)